COOL for CATS

The remastered soundtrack from 1989’s Survival is released this month. Dominic Glynn recalls composing and recording the score for the final story in Doctor Who’s original run…

INTERVIEW BY SIMON GUERRIER

Sergeant Paterson (Julian Holloway) and the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) ride one of the Cheetah People’s horses in Part Two of Survival (1989).

In the 1980s Dominic Glynn played keyboards in a synth-pop band and composed music for the video unit of pest control company Rentokil. Then he decided to send a specially composed demo tape to Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner.

“It arrived on his desk as he was thinking about changing the music on the series,” says Dominic.

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